well-known inequality indices. The same cannot be said, in respect of poverty indices, for the second-order stochastic … dominance criterion for poverty analysis introduced by Atkinson (1987). Indeed, two of the best known poverty indices, the head … provides a more comprehensive coverage of poverty indice. By establishing the relationship between welfare and poverty …

. Using the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke measure of poverty among pensioners, we find that allowing for implicit claim costs … incurred by benefit recipients raises the measured degree of poverty by not more than 16%. …

. Using the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke measure of poverty among pensioners, we find that allowing for implicit claim costs … incurred by benefit recipients raises the measured degree of poverty by not more than 13%. …

Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income …. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a … single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is aggregating dimensions of poverty and well-being useful? Is it …

This paper aims at reviewing some of the main changes in poverty and other measures of economic vulnerability in Spain … result of increasing poverty trends providing a detailed analysis of regional welfare policies. Among the different results …, the weaker role of the family net in the coverage of poverty and the increasing rates of severe poverty –breaking a long …